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Basic Course
Unit 4
| Plural Thing Possessed: | |||
| alluñ | I have | allun | we have |
| alluh | you (m.) have | ||
| alluš | you (f.) have | alluwaccıhu | you have |
| alluwo/alluwot | you (pol.) have | ||
| allut | he has | alluwaccəw | they have |
| alluwat | she has | ||
Note that in Amharic the object possessed is the subject of verb.
The negative forms are:
| Masculine (sing.) Thing Possessed: | |||
| Singular | Plural | ||
| yəlləññım | I don't have | yəllənım | we don't have |
| yəlləhım | you (m.) don't have | ||
| yəlləšım | you (f.) don't have | yəllaccıhun | you don't have |
| yəlləwotım | you (pol.) don't have | ||
| yəlləwım | he doesn't have | yəllaccəwım | they don't have |
| yəllatım | she doesn't have | ||
| Plural Thing Possessed: | |||
| yəlluññım | I don't have | yəllunım | we don't have |
| yəlluhım | you (m.) don't have | ||
| yəllušım | you (f.) don't have | yəlluwaccıhun | you don't have |
| yəlluwotım | you (pol.) don't have | ||
| yəllutım | he doesn't have | yəlluwaccəwım | they don't have |
| yəlluwatım | she doesn't have | ||
For the equivalents to 'have', 'have not' with feminine thing possessed see Note 5.1.
Note 4.3 Feminine definite suffix /-wa~-(y)itu~-(y)itwa/
The masculine definite suffix was discussed in Note 2.1. The feminine definite suffix is /-wa/; /-(y)itu/ (/-itu/ after consonants, /-yitwa/ after vowels).
All words indicating females are feminine. (Feminine gender will be discussed in detail in later units.)
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